Foldable child&#39;s seat for automobiles



T. A. HAAS.

FOLDABLE CHILDS SEAT FOR AUTOMOBILES. APPLICATION FILED JULY 25.19219L397$8 1o Patented Nov. 15, 1921,

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To all 'wkomz't may concern:

Be it known that I, Trrenoiv A. s, e citizen of the United States, anda. resident of Toledo, county of Lucas, and State oi Ohio, have made anInvention Appertaining to Foldable Childrens Seats for Automobiles; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it sppertains to make and use the some. reference being hadto'the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this Specification.

This invention relates to collapsible seats and particularly to oneadapted for use as :1 childs seat on the seat of an automobile.

Where a: person, for instance, the mother of a child, is driving anautomobile and he's.

a smell child seated at her side, a considerable part of her attentionis necessarily directed to the child to keep it from falling oi? theseat. lit is the primary object of this invention to rovide a. simple.efficient and inexpensive c ilds seat of the ioldehle type adapted foruse on the seat of ansntornohiie and capable of being fixed thereto.whereby a baby or small child may he carried at the side of the driverwithout danger of telling out. i

The invention is fully described in the following specification, andwhile in its broader aspect it is capable of embodiment in numerousforms, s preferred embodiment thereof is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which.-

Figure 1 is at side elevation oi: an entomohile sent with a seatembodying the invention mounted thereon. Fig. 2 is 2. front eleration ofthe childs seat, end Fig. 3 is e. side view thereof in folded form.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the seat cushion and 2 the heel;cushion of on automobile seat, and 3 the seat frame on which the seatcushion is mounted.

A childs seat embodying the invention comprises two transversely spacedforwardly and resrwardly extendinglnese-losrs i rigidly connected attheir front ends by e U- sheped cross-her 5 and st their rear ends by n,li-sheped cross-her 6 which form feet or standard memhers for resting onthe seat cushion 1. A rear upright her "i pivotally rises from the rearend of each hose-her 4n, being pivoted thereto at 8 end these uprightbars are rigidly connected st their upper specification of. LettersPatent.

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ends Toy a. U-sheped cross-bar 9 having short leg portions and adaptedto have its cross or looped portion rest against the hack cushion 2 ofthe seat. A short front upright her 10 pivotally rises from the frontend of each baseber t, being pivoted thereto at 11, and is pivotsllyconnected at its upper end to an arm-rest bar 12, which is pivoted atits rear end to the respective rear upright bar 7, at 13, andcoiiperates with the bars 4, 7 and 10 to form a. parallelogram.

A pair of pivotally connected brace bars I l and 15 connect the upperend of each front upright bar 10 to the upper end of the respective rearupright her 7, being pivoted to the former st 16, which constitutes thepivotal connection between the bars 10 and 12, and being pivoted to thebar 7 at 17. The pivotal connection between the brace bars of 21 pair isdesignated 18 and the inner end of one bar of a pair iaps the other fora distance and is provided in its upper edge preventing a breaking inone direction only of the joint between the brace bars.

The seat and hock member of the childs seat comprises 2. strip of canvasor other similsr materiel 21 looped about or otherwise snitehlyconnected at its upper end lower ends to the cross-hers 9 and 5, respectiveiy. A strap 22 for retaining e child in the seat,- adjustehlyconnects the two srm rear members 12.

The childs seat is anchored to the ontoinohile sent by one or morestraps 23 edjnste-bly connected to the cross portion of the rearcross-her 6 and provided with snap hooks 24 at their outer ends forengaging eyes 25 secured to the seat frsrne 3 at the rear of the cushioni.

lit is evident that i have provided a simple and inexpensive t y e ofchilds seet which is strong and dursh e in its construction and capableof being easily and quickly mounted on and securely anchored to anautomobile seat. It is also evident that the childs seat can he foldedin compact form when not in use and that the longest dimension thereofwhen folded is the iength of the rear hers i, as the losrs 4i and 10swing upward against the rear her 7 with a. combined length.suhstentielly that of the rear hers and the hrece hers it and 15 breakand fold inword end resrwsrd.

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I wish it understood that my invention is not limited to any specificconstruction, arrangement or form of the parts, as it is capable ofembodiment in numerous forms, without departing from the spirit of theclaims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is, f

l. A seat'of the class described, compris ing spaced forwardly andrearwardly extending base-bars, cross members connecting thefront andrear ends of the cross-bars, a rear upright bar pivotally rising fromthe rear end of veach base bar, a front short upright bar pivotallyrising from the front end of each base bar, an arm rest bar parallel tothe base bars and connecting the upper end of each front upright'bar tothe respective rear upright bar intermediate its ends and being pivotedto each, a pair of hingedly connected brace bars pivoted at their outerends to the upper ends of the front and rear upright bars, a cross-barconnecting the upper ends of'the rear upright bars, a canvas memberconnecting the upper and lower front cross member to form a seat andback portion, and means for anchoring the childs seat to an automobileseat.

2. The combination with an automobile seat, of a foldable childs seat,capable of being mounted on the automobile seat and having a pair oftransversel spaced forwardly and rearwardly exten ing base-bars,U-shaped cross foot members connecting'the base-bars at their front andrear ends, front and rear upright bars pivotally rising from eachbase-bar, the front bars being short, arm rest bars-connecting the frontand rear bars in parallel relationto the base-bars and pivoted to theformer, a plan of pivotally connected bars connecting t e upper ends ofthe front and rear bars and pivoted to each, a cross-bar connecting theupper ends of the rear upright bars, a canvas member connecting theupper cross-bar and the lower front cross-bar and forming the seat andback of the childs seat, and means for releasably anchoring the rearlower cross-bar to the automobile seat frame. 7

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name to thisspecification.

THERON A. HAAS.

